• CatoblepasEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      I get what you mean… as long as it’s from a distance or a long time after it sprayed. I was recently in the vicinity of a skunk that had just sprayed (not at me, but happened maybe 50 feet away max), and holy shit it’s so, so much worse up close. I had an N95 on and had to retreat because the stench was unbearable. Like burning tires and acid and it’s SO overwhelming that you can fucking taste it.

      0/10, would avoid if possible. I still find the smell from a good distance like a 6/10 though.

  • ns1@feddit.ukEnglish
    15·
    3 个月前

    Lapsang Souchong tea, most people seem to hate it. Also plastic glue

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 个月前

      I got excited the first day I saw a case of chocolate agar come in. Then I read what it was… 😔

      Now, some of the labs where they compounded, they had all the flavor extracts, so doing inventory on that stuff I’d take my time and take big whiffs of fake banana and grape candy flavor. Way better than the VOCs and weird metals I normally got to smell in most of the lab and chem store areas.

      • Flummoxed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        Wow, cool! I had never thought about it, but it certainly makes sense you’d need blood in those dishes to get certain things to grow.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 个月前

          There are a ton of them, though I’ve only seen about a half dozen of these. Wikipedia has a nice list of what they are and what they’re used for.

          There are even contests for agar art.

          “The Battle of Winter and Spring,” ASM’s 2018 Agar Art Contest first-place winner, by Ana Tsitsishvili, Undergraduate Student, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

          ELI5 video how it’s made

    • CatoblepasEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      The liquid growth medium my college used smelled so, so much like a mix between chicken noodle and miso soup it was unnerving. Mostly because of how good it smelled. Lucky microbes in their soup bath.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      Ick! Glad you like it because I don’t! I work adjacent to a microbiology lab and I hate when the smells end up wafting in!

  • dontpanicEnglish
    13·
    3 个月前

    There’s a distinct musty basement smell. Not like…moldy and swampy, but just a little damp.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeMEnglish
    12·
    3 个月前

    Alfalfa. I even have scents made after it, which has led many to suggest I’m taking my role as a rural woman too far.

    • ChaosCoati@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      3 个月前

      Fresh cut hay reminds me of helping my grandparents. So you’re not alone with the farm/ rural smells. Alfalfa is a sweet, neutral scent - I’d argue it’s better than some of the perfumes and cologne out there that just smother me with their smell

  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    3 个月前

    Cannabis.

    It’s the only thing I could have and describe as, “baby vomit as a prevailing odour, with hints of Stilton, chocolate, and a lot of pinesol in the background” as something positive.